World Languages and Cultures Faculty

Program Chair, Professor – Spanish
PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2004; MA, Vanderbilt University, 1998; BA, Brown University, 1994

With a PhD from Vanderbilt University, Dr. Connor is particularly interested in Contemporary Latin American Literature and Film, U.S. Latino Literature and Culture, Women Writers of Latin America, and Music and Culture of Latin America. During the summer, Dr. Connor also teaches in the Spanish SLI program in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Office: Central Hall 217
Phone: 541.552.6743
E-Mail: connora@sou.edu

Professor – French
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Marianne Golding received her PhD in French Literature from UCLA and is Professor of French at Southern Oregon University, where she has taught since 1998. A native of France, she teaches beginning through advanced French courses and is particularly interested in Autobiography, Feminist Literature, and Francophone Literature, Culture and Film. In addition to various articles and conference presentations, she authored the second edition of The Graded French Reader.

Office: Central Hall 215
Phone: 541.552.6741
E-Mail: golding@sou.edu

Assistant Professor – Spanish
PhD, University of Arizona, 2017; MA, Pennsylvania State University, 2010; MA, Middlebury College, Madrid, Spain, 2006; BA, Oregon State University, 2001

Dr. Bonnie Christina Holmes is Assistant Professor of Spanish. Dr. Holmes is an applied linguist whose work centers on Spanish language acquisition and bilingualism in the US. Her recent research investigates how Spanish is processed cognitively by heritage bilinguals, and how high impact practices such as service learning can enrich the language learning experience while also strengthening the community. More generally, her overarching goal is to support Spanish language acquisition, maintenance and revitalization efforts both locally and nationally.

Office: Central Hall 211
Phone: 541.552.6814
E-Mail: holmesb2@sou.edu

Professor Emeritus – French

Dr. Daniel Morris served SOU as a Professor of French, Director of the French Summer Language Institute, and Chair of the Department of Foreign Language and Literatures at SOU. To recognize his long and distinguished career at SOU, the Daniel Morris Language Center was renamed in his honor in 2018. A certified French OPI tester and trainer for the American Council of Teaching of Foreign Languages, Dr. Morris has written articles and given conference presentations on French literature, culture, film, and language pedagogy. He is the founding director of the Southern Oregon Foreign Language Articulation project (SOFLA), and has organized and led numerous workshops for high school language teachers. Current research interests include French and Francophone literature, French film, French language pedagogy, and the impacts of globalization on culture.

Office: Central Hall 205
Phone: 541.552.6740
E-Mail: morris@sou.edu

Director – Division of Humanities and Culture, Professor – Spanish

Office: Central Hall 261C
Phone: 541.552.6745
E-Mail: rexs@sou.edu

Senior Instructor – Spanish
PhD, University of New Mexico, 1992; MA, University of Texas, El Paso, 1985; BA, Drake University, 1971

Dr. Sullivan, a former Peace Corps volunteer, lived 4 years in Costa Rica, followed by 18 along the U.S. Mexico Border. From 1992 until 2000 he was an instructor of Spanish and ESL at El Paso Community College where he also coordinated student and faculty excursions into the Mexican interior. Brian then worked as an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Teaching Methods at Keene State College of New Hampshire – a similar post he eventually held the first time he was hired by SOU (2003-2005). After another year of teaching and doing research on the Border, Brian returned to SOU in the fall of 2006 to teach Spanish. In his spare time he translates and writes his own creative work.

Office: Central Hall 203
Phone: 541.552.6737
E-Mail: sullivanb@sou.edu

Instructor – French
MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rosemary Tutland is an adjunct professor of French at Southern Oregon University. She received her Master’s Degree in French Literature in Wisconsin and taught at Augsburg College in Minneapolis before continuing her career in the high school setting where she taught beginning to advanced courses. She was also involved in directing and acting in French language theater with the group “Les amis du theatre” in Minneapolis, St. Paul. She teaches beginning French courses at SOU and enjoys incorporating music, movement, and creativity in the learning experience.

Office: Central Hall 202
Phone: 541.552.6736
E-Mail: tutlandr@sou.edu

Senior Instructor – Spanish
MA, Southern Oregon University; BA, University of Panama

Lady Vanderlip was born and raised in Las Lomas in the outskirts of David in the province of Chiriqui, Panama. She is the youngest of four children, graduated from La Escuela Primaria Victoriano Lorenzo and Colegio Felix Olivares Contreras, and has a degree in Public Administration from La Facultad de Administracion Publica, University of Panama in Panama City. Lady is also a certified translator and has a Master’s Degree from Southern Oregon University.

Office: Central Hall 206
Phone: 541.552.6742
E-Mail: vanderll@sou.edu

Instructor – American Sign Language (ASL)
MA, California State University Northridge

Steve Wasserman teaches both beginning and intermediate American Sign Language (ASL), and has been at SOU since 2003. He has long been an advocate for ASL and helped to expand the popular ASL classes to a two year program. As a Deaf/HH (hard of hearing) person himself, he brings his awareness of Deaf culture and his own bi-cultural experiences to the classroom.

Office: Central Hall 210
Phone: 541.552.6435
E-Mail: wassermas@sou.edu